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941-950

  • تا ببینم این ندا آواز کیست ** که ندایی بس لطیف و بس شهیست
  • To see whose voice is (the origin of) this cry, for it is a very beautiful cry and very delightful.

  • نه از کسی دیدم بگرد خود نشان ** نه ندا می منقطع شد یک زمان
  • I saw no sign of any one around me: the cry was not ceasing for one moment.

  • چونک واگشتم ز حیرتهای دل ** طفل را آنجا ندیدم وای دل
  • When I returned (to my senses) from the bewilderments of my heart, I did not see the child there (where I had left him): alas for my heart!”

  • گفتش ای فرزند تو انده مدار ** که نمایم مر ترا یک شهریار
  • He (the old man) said, “O daughter, do not grieve, for I will show unto thee a queen,

  • که بگوید گر بخواهد حال طفل ** او بداند منزل و ترحال طفل 945
  • Who, if she wish, will tell what has happened to the child: she knows the dwelling-place of the child and his setting-out (on the way).”

  • پس حلیمه گفت ای جانم فدا ** مر ترا ای شیخ خوب خوش‌ندا
  • Then Halíma said, “Oh, my soul be a ransom for thee, O goodly and fair-spoken Shaykh!

  • هین مرا بنمای آن شاه نظر ** کش بود از حال طفل من خبر
  • Come, show me that queen of clairvoyance who hath knowledge of what has happened to my child.”

  • برد او را پیش عزی کین صنم ** هست در اخبار غیبی مغتنم
  • He brought her to ‘Uzzá, saying, “This idol is greatly prized for information concerning the Unseen.

  • ما هزاران گم شده زو یافتیم ** چون به خدمت سوی او بشتافتیم
  • Through her we have found thousands that were lost, when we hastened towards her in devotion.”

  • پیر کرد او را سجود و گفت زود ** ای خداوند عرب ای بحر جود 950
  • The old man prostrated himself before her (‘Uzzá) and said at once, “O Sovereign of the Arabs, O sea of munificence!”